Holder



L. M. KERN Oct. 20, 1931.

HOLDER Filed Sept. 16, 1950 Patented Oct. 20, 1931 HOLDER- Q1;-

- Application file disepternber 1a, 1930'. se n), 482,197.

.In preparing certain case contained roducts, such as sausage,jthe handling o the case has been one of serious problem. Orlginally such" products were prepared by pack- 5 ing in material encasementssuch as thein testinal Walls or other membranous tubes or enclosures available as by-products" or ani-- mals of slaughter;

V r Laterly'these organic or animal casings y have been superseded to some extent atleast 'by'artificialreplacements. These are of the cellulose type and While reproducing largely the physicaldesired properties of the natural casing, havem any advantages so that the ourrentpracticetends to the artificial casement.

or c'as'ing for. suchproducts as are of the stuffed meat or sausage type,

Such products are so Well knovvn asto need no catalog. With different nationalities the a ecific articles" vary but the *typeremains the same.' Generally speaking, the

type is an animal filling (meat or fish) com ininuted and mixed or unmixed as a filler- V orstufiingin a thin or membranous casing; v; i Suchproducts are usually-stuffed, smoked, boiled, cooled or otherwise mechanically or methodically treated or'processed.

Taking such aproduct as th-e'so-called Still-v sage, for example, what is called in this coun- 3 try a bologna or a Bolognazsausage, the probv lem'is generally as follovvs. This is not to be understood as limiting, but as illustrative.-

' In such case We have-a relatively large prod- I uct of generallycylindrical but elongated form. It is of heavy material, such as meat or mixed meat and cereal or other products.

7 Such have to be packed in a moist or. at least only partly dry condition. Thearticle must becapable of handling Without rupture and treated so that it can be kept for reasonable periods Without deterioration or spoiling.

- The present inventioncontemplateseither natural or artificial encasements'. These differ in structural characteristics. Both lack casing being Without the curve of intestinal encasements presents a different problem as to longitudinal support, Laterally both;

types require lateral support in process.

i One problem and one c'onsiderableitem of jecting points cause puncture and loss of (Itis'tdbefibOrhe inmihd also that such a uclesas sausage are, not reasy, to handle.

longitudinal strength, although the natural eripense has bee'n thatl of ,lateral' 'reeniorce ment'. For both natural and artificial types of sausage (or the like) -encasenient windproduet and wastage.

When moist they are'slippe'rfy a'ndhdiflicult in the forin'j of a'iholder of extremely simple but efliective'iormfj It is expansible to ',re .7 .i

ceive the article, contractible to grip it firmly ancl' ,longitudinally supporting so thatthe sausage ean bel'iung for boiling, smoking, or 75 cooling, When-not in use hundreds can 'bestored inia small space. Beinglinexpensive anample equipment may be had',.thusavoid-' mg delays while giving full time for all steps.

of the processing or packing.f"

According-to the-concept of my invention instead ofus'in'gthe usual cord Wrapping or,

Whipping served in: half; hitches and drawn tight,I use a mesh so disposed as tocome and I go both jcircumferentially and 'longitudif 'nally, This has proven a simple solution for the lateral, and arial problems ofjmanufac ture of sausage, and like encased products;

Asi llustrative of my invention and of the 0 method and characteristic-meansforits pracdrawing sljfl V V a i -V Fig. l a'view showing somewhat schematlticeI'have provided in thea'ccompanying cally the step of aligningja sausage in anti 1;:- .holdri 1 FigL'Q a simil'arvievv' shbwiag he holder elongated 'and FcoIitracted the sausage. v

v r investmentcompleted .by the end'fa'sten'in'g. f W- V Fig showing the Myi'n'ventionprovidesithede iredresults Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the arrangement of Fig. 8, and

- Figs. 5 and 6 are enlarged details showing the opposed movements ofthe mesh.

In practice, the sausages Ssuch as bologna or like larger type products are filled and end'tied as at 8*. Whether in the natural casings orv in the artificial, thezproducts is then a generally cylindrical, heavy article contained Within a very thin or membranous" .skln, easy to rupture andnhavingvne1ther"la-' teral or axial strength.

Before such a product can'be handled commercially, it must be protected against rupture. For the purposes of such protec-- tion as beforc suggestedland in lieu of the cord or tWine W-rappingi or whipping, a reticulation of cord or like strands is provided. This'l" preferably make in the form of a holder closed at one end as by a ring2. This ring2 WlilClllS preferably of fibre, rubber,

, or composition stock is smaller than the end of the sausage S but large enough to: receive and center the axialyorlendt-ies for=the reasons to be explained. i

It also is a convenient basefor the develop} mentof-the mesh which comprises generally rectangular reticulations 3 disposed with their diagonal axes parallel to the vert1calaxis of the ring center ,andthus generally ring 2, thus, making it an end thrustbearing a supportingthe somewhat'conical end of the sausage which enters it.

' Whenthuspositioned the holde'r is pulled longitudinally of the V sausage and stretched until" the meshes are reversed as to themajor lengthof diagonal from corner to corner. That is, when they arereceivmg the sausage th'ei'runajor, diagonal is lateral or circumferential of thesausage as at (Z (F1gs. 1 and 5 When in place and investingthesausage S *longitudinally the mesh diagonal is reversed as at d 'so as to be longitudinal or parallel toithe axis m wof the sausage (:Figs.

3-and:6)l.; :VVhen so positioned on thesausage V the mesh isdr-awn close circum fierenti'ally to grip or sustain the side walls andfis tied as by -the latchet 4 :at @the'free'oropen end to tension the reticulation.

Inthis position with the major diagonal drawndo'ngitudinal and vthe: investmentsecured at. the end, there is a: firm axial or longi tudinal, support so, that the enclosed sausage 1 may be hung from either end; At 'the same time there is a laterally compressive resultant by which the casing and the enclosed content is firmly but gently pressed and sustained.

The method as appliedto this industry is astonishingly effective and economical. The holder considered generally is a net or bag and rectangular meshed nets are generally speaking of the most common type. Such are all old and well known yet applicant believes that no one has conceived the possibility of employing a meshed; holder on this principle for meeting thisold and long standing problem which has been the cause 01 so much trouble to the manufacturer of sausages and like articles;

VVha-t l'therefore claim anddesireto secure by Letters Patentis l. That method of preparing a sausage or like encased end tied article of food iorcuring and cooking without the usual lashing or Winding, consisting inserting it longtudiually' into areticulatedholder of flexible strands having a substantially rectangular mesh disposed with the mesh diagonals longitudinally of the holde in stretching the m'eshllongitudinally of the article to elongate the longitudinal diagonal dimension otthe mesh andto laterally narrow.tiie same to invest the sausage tightly'and sustain-itscasing laterally, and 111 :securingyth'e open end axially to sustain the sausage with the said mesh at substantially maximum diagonal ex? tension wherebythe sausage maybe vert'cak ly jsuspendedi for processing; I

2.1An ethodf0r axially: suspending a s'ausage' ibologna or like encased food articlein :avmannerito automatically re enforce its'encasement both longitudinally-and transversely, consisting in providing an adjustable substantially cylindrical meshwork havinga closed 'lower endand anopenjuppcr-end designed-"to"be-Vhunguipon a support, ,cx

panding ,said meshwork to-' freely receive the encased-article; and then contracting said meshwork uniformly about'said article by permitting said article to bear downwardly uponsaid closed end in responsetot-he action ofgravityf I In testimony whereof- I ;my signature.

' LILLI'AN M;- KERN. 

